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The First Year Of College: A Follow-Up Normative Report, David E. Drew, Alan E. Bayer, Alexander W. Astin, Robert F. Boruch, John A. Creager

CGU Faculty Publications and Research

The major purpose of this ongoing research program is to determine how students are affected by the colleges they attend (Astin, Panos, and Creager, 1966). Consequently, subsamples of the original groups of participating students have been periodically followed up. These follow-up surveys consist in part of post-tests on selected items administered previously in the Freshman Information Form and in part of items that cover the student's experiences and achievements at his institution, his aspirations and plans for the future, his perceptions and evaluations of the college environment, and his educational outcomes and academic standing.

Student Handbook (1970), Hollins College

Student Handbooks

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The Spinster (1970), Hollins College

The Spinster

Yearbook of Hollins College (later University)

National Norms For Entering College Freshmen—Fall 1970, David E. Drew, Office Of Research Staff

CGU Faculty Publications and Research

This report presents national normative data on characteristics of students entering colleges as first-time freshmen during the summer and fall of 1970. It is the fifth in the series of annual reports which was initiated in 1966 as part of the Cooperative Institutional Research Program conducted by the Office of Research of the American Council on Education.

As the first step in implementing this longitudinal research program in any given year, a survey is made of entering freshmen through administration of the Student Information Form. These data are weighted to provide a normative picture of the college freshmen population for …